{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1988-355/annex-B.2/division-5/division-6/division-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1988-355/annex-B.2/division-5/division-6/division-23.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/1988/355",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 7 June 1988 accepting, on behalf of the Community, Annex B.2 to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (88/355/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1988-355",
  "path": "annex/B.2/division/5/division/6/division/23",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Recommended practice",
  "text": "The relief provided for in Standard 21 should not be made subject to conditions more restrictive than the following:\n(a) that the person concerned has lived abroad for an appropriate period. This period should not be fixed at more than one year;\n(b) that the goods be imported no earlier than three months before the scheduled date of the wedding and no later than six months after the wedding;\n(c) that the person granted the relief will continue to own or possess the goods imported as trousseaus and wedding presents for a reasonable period after importation. As a rule, this period should not be fixed at more than one year;\n(d) that the goods are intended for the personal use of the couple;\n(e) that any alcoholic beverages and tobacco goods do not exceed the quantities laid down in national legislation;\n(f) that a list (inventory) of all the goods being imported be submitted, together with any supporting documents required by the customs authorities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1988/355/annex/B.2/division/5/division/6/division/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:20:08.010803+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}